Ali Garklavs - Maid of Honor
Ali is Kate's sister, BFF, and co-conspirator. Together, the two have explored much of the upper Midwest, visited most of suburban Minneapolis' Taco Bell locations, and penned a number of catchy–if nonsensical–tunes. Kate is thrilled to have Ali as her maid of honor and invites Ali to bring her favorite chicken (pictured) to the ceremony.
Sabina Spector - Bridesmaid
Sabina and Kate met during the dark ages of 2009, just days after Kate had gotten the hell out of the Midwest and settled in the Upper Haight. Their friendship was forged when they shared a few cocktails (and more than a few deeply embarrassing stories) at Pacific Catch. Sabina is Kate's sartorial consultant, confidante, and fellow Entenmann's enthusiast. Someday, Sabina will convince Kate to use sour cream as a sunburn remedy.
Tiana Saul - Bridesmaid
Tiana and Kate became friends while Micah was on sabbatical in New York, trying to decide whether he'd return to the best coast (he did). To date, the two have traveled to Chattanooga to see Neutral Milk Hotel and to Estes Park to see Murder by Death; Kate hopes that in the future, Tiana will join her for a Blur show in the Pacific Northwest. Tiana makes the best coffee and better Brussels sprouts.
Maggie Queeney - Bridesmaid
Queeney and Kate go way back, having met while Maggie was an editor of the literary magazine Catch and Kate was a proofreader. In college, they shared the Friday-night ritual of eating Tombstone pizza, drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade, and watching as many episodes of Law & Order as aired in a given night. When Kate visited Portland for the first time, Maggie humored her love of The Mountain Goats by arranging a trip to the Lloyd Center skating rink (referenced in Standard Bitter Love Song #8). It should be known that Maggie has the best thrifting skills of all time.
Felicia Williams - Bridesmaid
Felicia and Kate met at a wedding in 2011 and bonded over a shared love of ModCloth and early-2000s indie hits. The two have shared countless dinners, sob stories, and yet-to-be-implemented plans of world domination. The two try to stay out of mischief but rarely succeed.
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Blake Dardenelle - Best Man
Blake and Micah met on their first day of Kindergarten. Micah's suspenders broke, and he was crying because the teacher thought he was a girl. For some strange reason -- pity perhaps -- Blake befriended the miserable bastard and they've been best friends ever since. They've been roommates, theatre company co-founders, Friendsgiving co-chefs, and plenty more. Micah is who he is because of Blake, so place blame accordingly.
Aengus Anderson - Groomsman
Aengus had the misfortune of getting placed with Micah as a prospective student at Lewis and Clark College. Despite that, he ended up attending the school anyway and in the intervening years, the two have created terrible movies, horrible radio drama, some truly incredible dinners, and a halfway decent podcast and SXSW talk.
Pony Martini - Groomsman
Micah's house has always been a stopover point for traveling friends and acquaintances, and Pony was a gift from one such situation. As a couple of Micah's friends traveled from New Orleans or Asheville or something like that to Portland and back, they stopped at his house and brought Pony with them. Since then, Micah has hung out with Pony in more states, in more crappy bars, and in more Volvos then almost anyone else, and he looks forward to adding many more of all three. Get to know him, if you're lucky he'll make you a hamburger.
Adam Schwem - Groomsman
Adam and Micah met in 2007 through a coworker. It was bro-love at first sight. They've spent more stupid nights sitting on fire escapes, back patios, roofs, and park benches talking, drinking, and singing then is probably healthy. When Micah decided to take a sabbatical from Google and drive across the country, Adam was the logical choice for co-conspirator and co-pilot. Ask him about the time the devil stole his wallet and why they're both pretty sure the devil is a horse in Northwest Mississippi.
Justin Wasterlain - Groomsman
Justin and Micah met... somewhere. They're not entirely sure. They do know that they already knew each other when Micah did terrible spoken word with the band Justin was playing accordion for. Justin went on to start performing as the Sad Bastard Book Club, and Micah booked his first show in SF. Flash forward several years and Justin invited Micah to sing at a couple SBBC shows, leading to Micah becoming a permanent member of what has become a seven piece. Justin, no doubt, regrets ever asking.
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K.Tighe - Officiant
Micah likes to believe he ruined Tighe's life. In the summer of 2001 she was preparing for a full ride program at Johns Hopkins in... Poly Sci? Economics? Something like that... and she decided to come to San Francisco with her best friend to hang out with some dudes they'd met on the internet. Next thing you know, she's at SF State, working lights at concert venues throughout the city, and spending way too much time sitting around at cafes and bars with Micah discussing matters both intellectual and idiotic. Somehow, despite it all, she's turned out pretty alright.